Centerville, Alpine County, California

Located along a stage coach route between Silver King Valley and the East Fork of the Carson River, Centerville was a commercial hub during the 1850s and 1860s.^[2][3][4][5] Described as a "small village" with stores, a tavern, and a hotel called the Centerville House, Centerville supplied local mines with lumber for flumes, bridges, tunnels, fencing, buildings and heating.^[2][5][6] Richardson's sawmill was located at Centerville during the 1860s.^[2][3]

In 1864, in an election to determine the Alpine County seat, Markleeville received the most votes, beating out Centerville and two other competing towns.^[7] Fire destroyed the home of the town's butcher—located at the corner of Montgomery and Jackson streets—in 1872, and "the rest of the town soon faded away".^[2] Little remains of the original settlement.^[4] A plaque documenting the history of Centerville was installed in 2013 by E Clampus Vitus, a fraternal organization.^[2] The site is now occupied by the Centerville Flat campground.^[8]